MILLION REJECTS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SHOWS CONCERN MEN UNFIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE. PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STANDARDS. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) WASHINGTON, October 10. Expressing concern about national unfitness, President Roosevelt disclosed that a million men had been rejected as physically or mentally unfit for military service. Nine hundred thousand were rejected for various physical and mental defects and a hundred thousand were rejected because they lacked the required standard of education The President said two hundred thousand of the umfit men could be completely rehabilitated and made fit for service The remaining eight hundred thousand could be made fit to perform only limited service .
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 October 1941, Page 6
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103MILLION REJECTS Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 October 1941, Page 6
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